Jethro Tull - Jack-A-Lynn

[Luca Canetti]

Cold aeroplanes, slow boats, warm trains
Remind me of Jack-A-Lynn.
Plush hotels and pretty girls
Won't cheer the misty mood I'm in.
Silly, sad - I've never had to say this before -
Oh Jack-A-Lynn.

Funny how long nights allow
Thoughts of Jack-A-Lynn.
When phantoms tread around my bed
To offer restless dream they bring.
And it's just the time and place to find
A sad song to play for Jack-A-Lynn.

Magpies that shrick, old boots that leak
Call me to Jack-A-Lynn.
Coal-black cats in policemen's hats -
Nosing where the mice have been.
And the long miaow's beginning now
And I'm far, far from home
And Jack-A-Lynn.